How and why is deception presented in Act 5, Scene 2 and elsewhere in Othello?
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- How and why is deception presented in Act 5, Scene 2 and elsewhere in Othello?
- "What wife? I have no wife!" - pg 122
- AO1
- Repeated use of interrogatives and declaratives
- Desdemona referred to using noun "wife" rather than name
- AO2
- Desdemona dehumanised even in death
- Use of these sentence types shows Othello's further declining mental state
- AO3
- Othello deceiving self
- Othello's inability to see the obvious is still hampering him
- AO1
- "...expend with such a snipe but for my sport and profit." - pg. 28
- AO1
- Use of sibillance - "snipe, sport" and plosives "profit"
- AO2
- "Sport" first - Iago is manipulating Othello for his own enjoyment
- AO3
- Soliquy - spoken to audience, reveals true thoughts + sets dramatic irony in motion
- AO1
- "Alas my friend and my dear countryman..."
- AO1
- Gratiano = "signor" - false respect
- "I'll bind it with my shirt" - Iago using his own clothing. SELFLESS
- Use of formal terms, such-as "countryman" indicates comradeship- he was only ever using Roderigo
- AO2
- Iago still attempting to present himself as submissive Ancient
- AO3
- At this point the audience is waiting for Iago to get his comeuppance
- AO1
- "I say it is not lost." - Desdemona on the handerchief
- AO1
- Declarative statement; itisn't lost, but is in another's posession
- AO2
- Desdemona lying for good purposes (not wanting to make Othello angry, as per her character)
- AO3
- Audience sympathise w/ Desdemona and see Othello's decreasing patience - eg "fetch it"
- AO1
- "What wife? I have no wife!" - pg 122
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